NABATEAN ALPHABET

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The 'Nabatean alphabet' is a consonantal alphabet (abjad) that was used by the Nabateans in the 2nd century BC. Important inscriptions are found in Petra. The alphabet is descended from the Aramaic alphabet via the Syriac alphabet. It in turn developed into the Arabic alphabet from the 4th century, which is why its letterforms are intermediate between the more northerly Semitic scripts (such as the Hebrew) and Arabic.

Nabatean	Name	Arabic Alphabet	Hebrew Alphabet
	Aleph	ﺍ	א
	Bet	ﺑ	ב
	Gimel	ﺟ	ג
	Dal	ﺩ	ד
	Ha	ﻫ	ה
	Waw	ﻭ	ו
30x30px	Zayn	ﺯ	ז
	Ħa	ﺣ	ח
	Ṭaa	ﻁ	ט
	Yaa	ﻯ	י
	Kaf	ﻛ	כ
	Lam	ﻟ	ל
	Meem	ﻣ	מ
	Noon	ﻧ	נ
	Sin	ﺳׂ	שׂ
	'in	ﻋـ	ע
	Fa	ﻓـ	פ
	Ṣad	ﺻ	צ
	Qaf	ﻕ	ק
	Ra	ﺭ	ר
	Shin	ﺷ	שׁ
	Ta	ﺕ	ת

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